Local and global winds on earth are caused by the unequal heating of the atmosphere land and oceans which of the following is a local wind pattern?

Energy from the sun influences global patterns in the atmosphere, oceans and land, which type of currents form in the atmosphere and ocean due to energy from the sun?

The lifeguards at a local pool want to protect swimmers from sunburn. they conduct a survey to find out the number of people who received a severe Sunburn in the past month, which is responsible for causing sunburns?

Wind is great for flying kites and drying clothes outdoors and it is also an important source of renewable energy what causes wind to form?

Global wind belts are formed from the unequal heating of earths surface and the rotation of earth. What is the result of earths rotation on global wind patterns?

Ocean currents can move across the surface of the ocean or move thousands of feet below the surface what causes the movement of currents deep below the surface of the ocean

The atmosphere reflects some of the suns energy, absorbs some and traps some near earths surface. Most scientists think that human activity has been enhancing the greenhouse effect. There is evidence that increasing temperatures are causing the sea level to rise and polar ice caps to melt. Which of these explains the greenhouse effect on earth

A local meteorologist displays a map of a jetstream traveling across the United States. The jetstream is a fast moving current of air, found high in the troposphere, the meteorologist predicts that the jetstream will move south of Baltimore in the next few days.

A student makes a model by taking ice water, placing it in a large container and covering it up, he waits about five minutes and then slips his hand under the cover to feel the air above the ice water. his hands feel cold and damp, which type of heat transfer does his model represent?

Power plants are often located next to a river. These plants can reach extremely high temperatures. Water from the nearby river is used to cool the equipment afterward the water exits the power plant and flows back into the river. How does the water exiting the power plant differ from the water entering the power plant?

Mr. Hanks goal is decline to the top of Mount Everest. He trains for months and does extensive research on the local climate to prepare for the climate which of the following occurs as Mr. Hank gets closer to the top of the mountain and the altitude increases.

Diana lives in the mountains of Idaho and Ariya with a northern latitude. She likes the climate there which has mild summers and cold snowy winters, which factor is more important than latitude in determining climate

Earths atmosphere allows life to thrive by keeping temperatures suitable for organisms to live here which of the following keeps thermal energy from radiating into space

June lives in a state that has a humid subtropical climate which factor affects the climate of a given area

The Gulfstream moves along the eastern coast of the US. What effect does it have on weather conditions along the eastern coast?

Deon understood that global warming could cause polar ice caps and glaciers to melt this intern would cause sea levels to rise. What additional effects what a warming climate have on earth.

Organisms adapt over long periods of time to list successfully in their environments with rapid environmental changes organisms must adapt or move to a new environment in order to survive, which of the following describes an impact on organisms that is caused by a quickly warming climate

Louisa had an opportunity to travel to Brazil and she was able to observe some of the lush rainforest and wildlife there. Why does Brazil have so many acres of rainforest compared to other regions

The burning of fossil feels puts additional carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, under ordinary circumstances the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is balanced. Carbon cycles through the land and oceans, and and is absorbed during photosynthesis. what effect would upsetting the balance of this cycle have on earth?

A warming climate melts ice, including the ice tied up as permafrost on the tundra, which effect is the result of the melting permafrost

Ptolemy, A ancient Greek philosopher, observed the sky and put forward a geocentric model to explain what he saw, which of these describes a geocentric model

Elena Noticed that the globe in the classroom was tilted on its access which of these is result of earths tilt

The different objects in our solar system affects each other in a number of ways which of the following describes one affect the moon has on earth

The solar system contains many kinds of objects, including one type called the satellite which of these is a satellite or group of satellites

The universal law of gravitation explains many interactions between objects in the solar system which statement helps to explain why the moon orbits earth rather than directly orbiting the sun

Earth, the moon and the Sun can affect each other. In many ways. The diagram shows earth. The moon, and the sun lined up in one specific arrangement. What event is shown by the diagram

Jonathan noticed that he always saw the same side of the moon and wondered what the other side looks like. Why can you only see one side of the moon from earth?

Constellations are patterns of stars in the sky when Moki got up for school when spring morning she saw the constellation of Hercules overhead that night before bed when Moki looked at the sky again she saw many constellations, but she could not see the constellation of Hercules anywhere which statement explains the reason the constellation was no longer

Uranus is a planet in the solar system, which has a very different tilt from the other planets, including earth. This diagram shows Uranus and its orbit around the sun. How does this unusual tilt most likely affect Uranus?

When ancient astronomers studied the sky, they looked for patterns that they could use to understand nature and predict what would happen people today. Still use those patterns to guide them which pattern is most important to farmers in deciding when to plant and harvest.

The solar system is one small part of the universe, and it is thought to be billions of years old, which force was important in the formation of the solar system system

The Hubble space telescope has taken photographs of many far away, formations called nebula, which come in a variety of shapes what happens at the densest part of a nebula

From earth, the Milky Way looks like a band of light, our solar system, gas, dust, and billions of stars are all part of the spiral shaped Milky Way galaxy, which statement expresses how the Milky Way galaxy relates to the rest of the universe

In our solar Inked characteristics, but there are also patterns within the solar system. Compare the three planets whose information is shown in the table. Which of these is true as the planets become farther from the sun

Scientist continue to study the sun and learn more about its structure, and how it produces heat in which layer of the sun does the most heat flow in the form of electromagnetic radiation

Acid compare different technologies used to study the solar system and objects beyond it. He wanted to see what could be learned with each technology acid made a Venn diagram to compare the Hubble space telescope, and the mars exploration rovers which of these could go in the center section of the Venn diagram.

The electromagnetic spectrum includes many types of waves. The Hubble telescope can collect visible, ultraviolet and infrared radiation. Other telescopes on earth can receive radio waves or x-rays from space. How would having these different types of telescopes help scientist learn about space

Arturo dreams of traveling to far away stars someday he read that the closest star to earth is proximal centauri which is 4.25 light years away he also read that the laws of special relativity says that the mass of an object increases as its speed increases it approaches infinity as it approaches the speed of light. How does this most likely affect the goals of the US space program?

Gravity is an important force that affects everything in the solar system, including the sun, and which way is gravity, vital to the function of the sun

Amiee made a table comparing a few different stars. The sun is listed with a value of one in each category. The values for the other stars show how the radius density and mass of each compared to the sun. Here is her complete table. Which statement below is the logical conclusion Amiee can make from the information in the table

Anthony was reading a magazine and notice an article that related to his science class. The article explained that new evidence had recently been discovered that would affect the geologic times scale. What piece of evidence could lead to changes in the geologic time scale

Justin is comparing two different rocks that contain distinct layers. He wants to know if any of the layers of the two rocks or from the same time. why is using index fossils are used to method for comparing the age of rock layers

Scientist, use radioactive dating to determine the absolute age of rocks. What would the scientist use the half life of carbon 14 radioactive decay to date in geologic history?

Anna was organizing a timeline of evolution, during the Paleozoic era what event occurred during the Cambrian period that influenced life

Many mass extinctions took place in the Permian and the Cretaceous periods scientist use different methods to determine the causes of the mass extinctions and to find out about the species that died what is one method scientist used to learn about mass extinction?

A Barry is the oldest of five children in his family. He wants to demonstrate the law of superposition to his siblings and parents which of the following ways might barry use to show his family with the law of superposition is.

Chloe is researching the history of earth for a school project and is including a model of the geologic timescale which of the following is not included on the geologic time scale

Annabelle was comparing the geologic time scale in her 20-year-old encyclopedia at home to the geologic time scale in the brand new encyclopedia at the library. She noticed that the two were different. The geologic time scale changes for several reasons which of the following is not a reason for revising the geologic time scale.

Many movies show dinosaurs and humans living together in times long ago dinosaurs actually lived about 252,000,000 to 145,000,000 years ago. Modern humans did not evolve until about 2.6 million years ago during which era or eras did the dinosaurs and humans live?

Regina was organizing a timeline showing when several new life forms came into existence which of the following shows the correct order of new life forms from earliest to latest.

Sophia has been reading about the history of earth. She was surprised at the different ways. Geologist learn about the ages of rocks. Why is it important for geologist to use both relative and absolute ages to determine the age of rocks

Thomas was interested in how the disruption of rock layers can be used to find a rocks age which of the following are examples of how rock layers may be disturbed or changed

After looking at the diagrams below, Sarah noticed that the rock layers at location for different from those of the other three locations. What likely occurred at location for.

Nikki was putting together a presentation about the geologic time scale to share in class. What is the purpose of the geologic time scale

Isabella‘s part in a group project on the history of earth was researching and presenting on the pre-Cambrian time which 2 Phrases best characterized the pre-Cambrian time

Daniel recently read a news article about geologist updating the geologic time scale. This happens when new physical evidence is discovered, which of the following would provide physical evidence that could change the divisions on the time scale.

Read recently learned that single cells life forms were the only organisms that existed in the pre-Cambrian time. He also learned that very few fossils remain from that time why do so few fossils from the pre-Cambrian time on the geologic time line exist.

Rose was reading about the early giant mammals. She learned that several types of giant mammals thrive during the Paleo gene and Neogene periods for what reason might be giant mammals have florist at that time.

Which explains why global wins do not move in straight paths

A double boiler consist of two pans with one on top of the other the lower pan has boiling water that heat up or pan food such as chocolate is melted by the boiling water in the lower pan which process does Mr. Milton use to melt the chocolate and a double boiler

Emily’s is looking at a poster comparing land breezes and sea breezes, which is the major driving force that causes these wind patterns

Jet streams are wins that can travel up to 400 km/h a jetstream can have an extremely powerful effect on whether which of these explains how jet streams can affect whether in the US choose the three that apply

Jonah is creating a Venn diagram to compare factors that influence, global and local wind patterns which two factors influence only global wind patterns

The process of upwelling is caused by the interaction of which two spheres

Nick lives in Houston, Texas in the southern part of the US. The usual amount of rainfall is 50 inches per year with an average of 160 days of rain while winter temperatures are in the mid 40s in degrees Fahrenheit summer temperatures are generally in the 90s in degrees Fahrenheit. What do these statistics describe?

Sophia had a world map and she looked at Greenland and she studied the map. She noticed that the Arctic Circle runs through the southern tip of Greenland in what climate zone is Greenland and what sort of features would it have?

In one of the exhibits, he saw a fossilized warm weather plant that had been found in Antarctica. He was surprised, but he knows that scientist use a variety of ways to study past climates. Why would a warm weather plant fossil be found in Antarctica? choose the two that apply.

Brody knew that earth climate could be unpredictable. However he was surprised to learn that a warming climate would bring some serious changes and that organisms would have to adapt or die out what conditions might result from warming temperatures.

In polar regions, a thin layer of soil supports plant life the soil below this layer called permafrost is frozen year-round. How could melting permafrost accelerate global warming?

Clara’s grandfather is the captain of a cargo ship. He prefers to navigate his ship through the moderate neap tides at these times the line between earth and the sun is at a right angle to the line between earth and the moon, which phase or phases of the moon describe this alignment.

Different alignments of the earth and moon and sun can cause phenomena to ink occur on earth. These phenomena are caused by differences in gravitational pulls. What are these phenomena?

Why does earth have seasons?

Stefan learned that there are two forces that keep the moon in orbit around earth. How do these forces keep the moon from flying off into space

Hassam is making a model showing the interior of the sun. He discovers the interior of the sun consist of gases layers that produce and distribute heat energy in which layer of the sun is most of the heat in form of electromagnetic radiation.

On April 5, 1991 a space telescope was launched for the space shuttle at Atlantis. This observatory used for primary instruments to locate an observe high energy radiation in space radio waves have the longest wavelengths and lowest energy on the electromagnetic spectrum. The high energy radiation being observed by the space telescope has a shortest wavelength. What is it called?

With technological advances such as the JWST Astronomers can study distant stars. These stars can be compared to our son to better understand them, which feature of the sun do astronomers used to observe the sun rotation.

Astronomers can observe many stars being formed in the Orion nebula gravity starts to form the beginnings of a star by pulling in gas and dust from the surrounding cloud what is this first stage of a star called

Ethan visited the Crosby observatory at the Orlando science center the observatory houses the largest refracting telescope available to the public in Florida one night he observes several stars that all seem to be equally bright however, one of the astronomers explained that each star actually had a different absolute brightness. What information do you need to calculate? A star absolute brightness choose the two that apply.

People are fascinated with the possibility of life on other planets when looking for signs of life on other planets, scientist often look for planets that have similarities to earth according to the chart which planet has a rotation most similar to earths

Alex was confused about what happens when massive stars die line explains that sometimes after a star dies the gravity of the remaining mass can be so strong that it pulls the gas is inward packing it into a smaller and smaller space. What is this called? A black hole.